The Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists held its annual Florida News Awards ceremony Saturday night in Orlando. The program celebrates excellence in broadcast and digital journalism across the state.

The Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists held its annual Florida News Awards ceremony Saturday night in Orlando. The program celebrates excellence in broadcast journalism across the state.

A 9-year-old girl known for excelling in school and gymnastics is among three people killed in what authorities have described as a random series of shootings by a lone gunman outside Orlando.

News4JAX/WJXT-TV took home some major honors at the Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists awards ceremony Saturday.

News4JAX/WJXT-TV took home some big honors at the Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists awards ceremony Saturday evening.

Sharon Siegel-Cohen, a longtime executive producer for News4Jax, will be recognized this month by her industry peers.

Published: May 11, 2020, 11:01 am Updated: May 11, 2020, 11:17 amLike every other organization, the Florida Association of Broadcast Journalists couldn’t hold an in-person ceremony for its inaugural awards ceremony, so they held a virtual ceremony Saturday evening to announce the winners. The organization took over this year from the Florida Associated Press Broadcasters, which has held annual awards for television and radio journalists for decades. The group said 37 radio and television stations submitted more than 550 entries in the contest this year, featuring news and sports stories from 2019. News4Jax/WJXT not only won 10 first place awards and was named finalist in two other categories, The Local Station swept some of the biggest categories. Overall Station Of The Year - WJXT/NEWS4JAXBest Evening Newscast - First place - Breaking Newscast: Missing Kids Found - WJXT-TVGeneral Assignment | Long - First place - Heroes In The Storm - Vic Micolucci, Joe Owens, Jodi Mohrmann - WJXT-TVInvestigative | Single - First place - Accused Contractor Caught At Poker Room - Tarik Minor, Jodi Mohrmann, Eric Wallace - WJXT-TVInvestigative | Series - First place - JTA Bus Security - Kelly Wiley, Joe Owens, Joe Drumm - WJXT-TVTransportation/Traffic - Finalist - Highway Hazard - Tarik Minor, Jodi Mohrmann, Joe Drumm - WJXT-TVFeature | Cultural/Historical - First place - Original Gangster - Scott Johnson, Joe Owens, Kathryn Bonfield WJXT-TVPublic Affairs/Documentary/TV Magazine - First place - The Legacy Of Lynyrd Skynyrd - WJXT-TV and Finalist - Igniting The Future: The Stem Education Revolution - Melanie Lawson - WJXT-TVWeather Reporting | Series - First place - Hurricane Michael: One Year Later - Jennifer Ready, Joe Owens, Jodi Mohrmann - WJXT-TVWebsite/Digital- First place - News4Jax.com - WJXT-TVDigital Programming- First place - Into Thin Air: Haleigh Cummings - Jennifer Waugh, Eric Wallace, Mike Jones - WJXT-TV